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Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru (2017)
Plot Summary:
A hardnosed cop goes after a gang of ruthless dacoits who have been terrorising residents along the highway for a decade
Duration: 157 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Plot tags: murder, violence, police investigation, bandit, fight, brutality, chase, one man army, heroes, police, shooting, danger, righteous rage, friendship, gory, deception, murder mystery, entertainment, police officer, dog, horse, travel, village, killer, forest
Vikram Vedha (2017)
Plot Summary:
A notorious gangster Vedha surrenders himself to encounter specialist Vikram whom he challenges every step of the way by narrating his life events in the form of riddles that needs to be solved in order to capture him
Duration: 147 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 50000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Plot tags: investigation, uncover truth, death, betrayal, murder, moral dilemma, showdown, police, danger, police investigation, brutality, organized crime, law enforcement, crime scene, secret service, entertainment, plot twist, innovation, fight, police officer, escape, gunfight, wife, blood, brother
Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2017)
Plot Summary:
When Mahendra, the son of Bahubali, learns about his heritage, he begins to look for answers. His story is juxtaposed with past events that unfolded in the Mahishmati Kingdom
Duration: 167 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 111000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Plot tags: medieval, coronation, fight, hindu, revenge, heroes, murder, destiny, rivalry, ambition, hopes, violence, obsession, danger, dishonesty, knight, warrior, ancient, duel, vengeance, vigilante, entertainment, dual role, innovation, superhero
Logan (2017)
Plot Summary:
In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X in a hideout on the Mexican border. But Logan's attempts to hide from the world and his legacy are upended when a young mutant arrives, pursued by dark forces
Duration: 137 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 813000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: superhero, mutant, x men, fight scenes, superpower, road trip, rage, immortality, protector, father daughter relationship, survival, invulnerability, lone hero, experiment, comic book, death of protagonist, chase, anti hero, alter ego, self sacrifice, time freeze, assassin, brutality, telepath, genetic engineering
Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
Plot Summary:
Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K, unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what's left of society into chaos. K's discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard, a former LAPD blade runner who has been missing for 30 years
Duration: 164 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 637000
Genere: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada, Spain
Plot tags: cyberpunk, artificial intelligence, dystopia, investigation, robot, dark future, mission, flying car, police detective, violence, bounty hunter, memory, androids, menage a trois, philosophy, black bra, implanted memory, slave labor, bare breasts, megacorporation, existentialism, chick, genetics, police officer, mercilessness
Arjun Reddy (2017)
Plot Summary:
When his girlfriend is forced to marry another man, a troubled young surgeon begins to self-destruct
Duration: 182 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Plot tags: forbidden love, tragic love, unfulfilled love, relationships, love triangle, doctor, forced marriage, life is a bitch, love affair, male female relationship, relationship problems, family problems, love story, dysfunctional marriage, troubled marriage, unhappy marriage, friendship, job, society, siblings, drug, serious illness, alcoholic, drug addiction, breakup
A Taxi Driver (2017)
Plot Summary:
May, 1980. Man-seob is a taxi driver in Seoul who lives from hand to mouth, raising his young daughter alone. One day, he hears that there is a foreigner who will pay big money for a drive down to Gwangju city. Not knowing that he’s a German journalist with a hidden agenda, Man-seob takes the job
Duration: 137 min
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Action, Drama, History
Country: South Korea
Plot tags: protest, reporter, democracy, journalism, taxi, travel, life lesson, historical event, society, danger, taxi driver, writers, driver, job, murder mystery, asian, grief, family drama, truth, correspondents, biopic, state terrorism, friendship, neighbor, chase
Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
Plot Summary:
Thor is on the other side of the universe and finds himself in a race against time to get back to Asgard to stop Ragnarok, the prophecy of destruction to his homeworld and the end of Asgardian civilization, at the hands of an all-powerful new threat, the ruthless Hela
Duration: 130 min
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
IMDB Votes: 801000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: superhero, female villain, monster, alien planet, supernatural power, rebellion, deity, goddess, warrior, norse mythology, superpower, norse god, alien civilization, death, giant creature, planet, villain, good versus evil, comic book, alien, space travel, hulk, arena, destiny, executioner
Dunkirk (2017)
Plot Summary:
The story of the miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk between May 26th and June 4th 1940 during World War II
Duration: 106 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 721000
Genere: Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: UK, Netherlands, France, USA
Plot tags: world war two, military, survival, war, wartime, soldier, evacuation, military officer, beach, air attack, army, shell shock, combat, bravery, rescue mission, rescue, german army, british history, surrounded, british army, battlefield, yacht, boat, fear, trapped
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
Plot Summary:
The Guardians must fight to keep their newfound family together as they unravel the mysteries of Peter Quill's true parentage
Duration: 136 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 744000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: superhero, alien, outer space, space travel, chase, good versus evil, space, father son relationship, megalomaniac, patricide, space battle, superpower, raccoon, space pirate, heroes, alien creature, comic book, female alien, space opera, sarcasm, final showdown, anti heroine, superhero team, monster, sister sister relationship
Baby Driver (2017)
Plot Summary:
After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail
Duration: 113 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 591000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Music
Country: UK, USA
Plot tags: heist, robbery, car chase, bank robbery, car, chase, sign language, crime boss, caper, gangster, organized crime, music, waitress, bank, twists and turns, revenge, gang, blackmail, police chase, pig, deaf man, on the run, race, one last job, deafness
Only the Brave (2017)
Plot Summary:
Members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots battle deadly wildfires to save an Arizona town
Duration: 134 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 75000
Genere: Action, Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: natural disaster, firefighter, forest fire, heroism, tragedy, danger, friends, rescue, firefighting, friendship between men, male camaraderie, bravery, disaster, fire, fire department, loss of loved one, wildfire, baby, survival, evacuation, mentor, firefight, partner, apocalypse, catastrophe
The Ghazi Attack (2017)
Plot Summary:
India’s first underwater war film tries to decode the mystery behind the sinking of Pakistani submarine PNS Ghazi during the Indo-Pak war of 1971
Duration: 116 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Action, Thriller, War
Country: India
Plot tags: submarine, survival, leadership, patriot, conspiracy, rescue, captain, mission, risk, responsibility, patriotism, danger, surveillance, war, soldier, nationalism, indian war, indian history, indian soldier, indo pakistani war, indians, food, water, death, map
Mersal (2017)
Plot Summary:
A few individuals in the medical profession are murdered or kidnapped, and the cop investigating the case suspects a doctor and arrests him. But is he the one who is behind these crimes? And why are they being committed?
Duration: 172 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 38000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Plot tags: revenge, murder, anger, rage, fight, medicine, violence, betrayal, doctor, brutality, poverty, brother brother relationship, hidden truth, prison, memory loss, blood, father son relationship, interrogation, irony of fate, wound, hospital, dual role, football, village, time
War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
Plot Summary:
Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. As the journey finally brings them face to face, Caesar and the Colonel are pitted against each other in an epic battle that will determine the fate of both their species and the future of the planet
Duration: 140 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 276000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: post apocalypse, ape, planet of the apes, gorilla, future war, talking animal, revenge, post apocalyptic, chimpanzee, animal, killer animal, journey, near death experience, survival, battles, tragedy, vengeance, brutality, slavery, war, dystopian future, mutant, moral ambiguity, redemption, anthropomorphism
John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)
Plot Summary:
John Wick is forced out of retirement by a former associate looking to seize control of a shadowy international assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oath to aid him, Wick travels to Rome and does battle against some of the world’s most dangerous killers
Duration: 122 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 498000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Italy, Hong Kong, Canada
Plot tags: hitman, assassin, revenge, one man army, lone hero, violence, one against many, betrayal, weapons, blood, tough guy, hand to hand combat, chase, dark hero, vengeance, dog, murder, mafia, organized crime, fight, gangster, bounty hunter, violent, martial arts, warrior
Wonder Woman (2017)
Plot Summary:
An Amazon princess comes to the world of Man in the grips of the First World War to confront the forces of evil and bring an end to human conflict
Duration: 141 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 690000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, War
Country: USA, China
Plot tags: superhero, superheroine, world war one, strong female character, female warrior, mythology, good versus evil, comic book, fight scenes, tough girl, heroes, strong female lead, super powers, supernatural power, chosen one, princess, justice, sword fight, female empowerment, female protagonist, courage, aeroplane, sexual innuendo, destiny, women
Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
Plot Summary:
Following the events of Captain America: Civil War, Peter Parker, with the help of his mentor Tony Stark, tries to balance his life as an ordinary high school student in Queens, New York City, with fighting crime as his superhero alter ego Spider-Man as a new threat, the Vulture, emerges
Duration: 133 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 704000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: superhero, teenager, school, high school, technology, teenage life, supernatural power, tony stark character, comic book, mentor, coming of age, peter parker character, good versus evil, teenage superhero, heroes, friendship, costumed hero, vigilante, chase, villain, revenge, fight, violence, fight scenes, rescue
Okja (2017)
Plot Summary:
A young girl named Mija risks everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her best friend - a massive animal named Okja
Duration: 120 min
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
IMDB Votes: 130000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea, USA
Plot tags: ecology, animal lover, animal, female protagonist, zoologist, monster, coming of age, fantasy world, adaptation, tough girl, vegan, friendship, depression, obsession, betrayal, vengeance, greed, animal rescue, heroine, compassion, environmentalist, slaughterhouse, activist, meat industry, women
The Lego Batman Movie (2017)
Plot Summary:
In the irreverent spirit of fun that made “The Lego Movie” a worldwide phenomenon, the self-described leading man of that ensemble—Lego Batman—stars in his own big-screen adventure. But there are big changes brewing in Gotham, and if he wants to save the city from The Joker’s hostile takeover, Batman may have to drop the lone vigilante thing, try to work with others and maybe, just maybe, learn to lighten up
Duration: 104 min
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
IMDB Votes: 168000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Denmark, Australia
Plot tags: lego, batman, superhero, loneliness, redemption, justice, vigilante, anti hero, orphan, adopted son, justice league, superheroine, surveillance, villain, dinosaur, stop motion, superman, love, heroes, experiment, bird, multiverse, buddies, vigilantism, wonder woman
Memoir of a Murderer (2017)
Plot Summary:
A former serial killer Byung-su gets diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and when a series of murders occur near his town, he worries whether the killings are his doings. Then, he comes across Tae-ju and realizes that he’s the killer. He reports this to the police, only to learn that Tae-ju is one. Byung-su tries to find evidence against Tae-ju, only to raise the young killer’s interest on him and his dear daughter
Duration: 118 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Plot tags: serial killer, serial murder, serendipity, father daughter relationship, twists and turns, police, alzheimer's disease, vigilante, doubt, murder, daughter, confusion, forest, house, tunnel, marriage proposal, strangulation, dementia, plot twist, virus, murder mystery, supernatural horror, fight, death, dead body
Salyut-7 (2017)
Plot Summary:
Salyut 7, the Soviet space station, was orbiting Earth in unmanned regime. Suddenly it stops responding to signals from the Ground Control. Fall of this station, the pride of soviet science and space industry, would not only damage the image of the country, but also bring upon tragedy, probably with loss of life. Astronauts have to be sent to the station to find what caused the breakdown and prevent the catastrophe. However, nobody has ever docked an uncontrolled object in space. To this day this is the most technically complicated mission in the history of the world of space navigation
Duration: 111 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Drama, History
Country: Russia
Plot tags: space station, cosmonaut, space exploration, space, outer space, exploration, human in outer space, danger, friendship, hopes, space mission, war, survival, science, mathematics, astronaut, deep space, atheism, contact, space adventure, zero gravity, pregnancy, cockroach, pregnant woman, fever
Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds (2017)
Plot Summary:
Having died unexpectedly, firefighter Ja-hong is taken to the afterlife by 3 afterlife guardians. Only when he passes 7 trials over 49 days and proves he was innocent in human life, he’s able to reincarnate, and his 3 afterlife guardians are by his side to defend him in trial
Duration: 139 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Plot tags: afterlife, trial, investigation, death, murder, hell, morality, revenge, asian, ghost, firefighter, bromance, god, supernatural ability, supernatural, obsessive quest, danger, characters in danger, superhero, parallel universe, myth, grim reaper, court, deadly, search
The Outlaws (2017)
Plot Summary:
Ma Seok-do works as a detective squad chief. His team struggles to bust a criminal ring who originally came from Yanbian, China and led by Jang Chen
Duration: 121 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Plot tags: organized crime, police, street gang, brutality, strong violent content, cruelty, tough law enforcer, crime boss, police investigation, tough cop, extortion, police arrest, peril, mafia, samurai, parasite, mafioso, secret service, murder mystery, triad, asian, survival horror, cop, street gangster, kickass
American Made (2017)
Plot Summary:
The true story of pilot Barry Seal, who transported contraband for the CIA and the Medellin cartel in the 1980s
Duration: 115 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 203000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Japan, Colombia
Plot tags: drug cartel, cia, pilot, money laundering, aviation, smuggler, money, cocaine, fbi, trial, drug, sex scene, pablo escobar, bare butt, drug traffic, true crime, spy, illegal drugs, cold war, arms smuggling, death of protagonist, telephone call, drug dealer, fbi agent, rise and fall
Kaabil: The Mind Sees All (2017)
Plot Summary:
Rohan (Hritik roshan) is a kind, happy young man who has been blind since birth and works as a voice-over artist for a living. Through friends, he meets Supriya (Yami Gautam), a working woman who is also blind, but proudly independent. The two start liking each other and get married. Rohan toughest journey starts in his quest of vengeance for Supriya's indirect murderers
Duration: 139 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Plot tags: blindness, rape, revenge, blind man, blind character, murder, blindness and impaired vision, loss of loved one, blind woman, rape and revenge, blind date, relationships, fall in love, in love, tragic love, love affair, vengeance, male female relationship, fighting crime, rape victim, loss of eyesight, lifestyle change, rape and murder, tragic event, visual impairment
Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017)
Plot Summary:
After working as a drug courier and getting into a brutal shootout with police, a former boxer finds himself at the mercy of his enemies as they force him to instigate violent acts that turn the prison he resides in into a battleground
Duration: 132 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 73000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: prison, maximum security prison, kidnapping, revenge, prison guard, murder, extreme violence, prison warden, prisoner, fight, violence, tough guy, interrogation, police shootout, male nudity, jail, boxer, convict, violent, hand to hand combat, mafia, drug, abduction, boxing, prison escape
Megan Leavey (2017)
Plot Summary:
The true story of Marine Corporal Megan Leavey, who forms a powerful bond with an aggressive combat dog, Rex. While deployed in Iraq, the two complete more than 100 missions and save countless lives, until an IED explosion puts their faithfulness to the test
Duration: 116 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Plot tags: dog, human animal relationship, female soldier, iraq war, strong female lead, military, u.s. marine, american soldier, soldier, u.s. military, boot camp, dog training, animal, german shepherd, woman, women, strong female character, military base, endurance, army, animal human communication, iraq veteran, war, world war two, 9/11
The Foreigner (2017)
Plot Summary:
Quan is a humble London businessman whose long-buried past erupts in a revenge-fueled vendetta when the only person left for him to love – his teenage daughter – dies in a senseless act of politically-motivated terrorism. His relentless search to find the terrorists leads to a cat-and-mouse conflict with a British government official whose own past may hold the clues to the identities of the elusive killers
Duration: 113 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 121000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, China, USA, India
Plot tags: revenge, terrorism, tough guy, one against many, ira, hand to hand combat, bomb, justice, ex special forces, death, martial arts, terrorist, battles, death of daughter, home invasion, ex military, spy, vengeance, sniper, investigation, terrorist bombing, politics, betrayal, adulterous husband, pets
Logan Lucky (2017)
Plot Summary:
Trying to reverse a family curse, brothers Jimmy and Clyde Logan set out to execute an elaborate robbery during the legendary Coca-Cola 600 race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway
Duration: 118 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 160000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, China
Plot tags: heist, prison, prison escape, prison riot, robbery, caper, prison break, bartender, father daughter relationship, auto racing, ex husband ex wife relationship, money problems, brother brother relationship, racecar driver, bank robber, racing, car race, bank robbery, mountain, children, con artists, espionage, strong man, 007, bank